Medium [CVE-2026-33921] Information disclosure and arbitrary packet sending via insecure access restrictions
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-33921.
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Summary
The Windows installer deployed Npcap leaving its access restriction option at the insecure default value, so the driver was accessible to every local user of the host instead of being restricted to administrators only.
A local user without administrative privileges could use the Npcap driver to capture the traffic reaching the host, which discloses information belonging both to the host and to other systems on the same network segment, and to send arbitrary raw packets on that segment. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.2 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
Weakness: CWE-1188.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.
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